Background
Dean, Francis Winthrop was born on May 24, 1852 in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Augustus and Charity Williams (Washburn) Dean.
Dean, Francis Winthrop was born on May 24, 1852 in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Augustus and Charity Williams (Washburn) Dean.
Bachelor of Science, Lawrence Scientific School (Harvard), 1875.
Instructor in civil engineering, Harvard Engineering School, 1874-1882. Entered office of E. D. Leavitt, Cambridge, Massachusetts, as special assistant, and afterwards draftsman and inspector of machinery. Chief draftsman, 1886-1889.
Opened an office in Boston, 1889. Head of Dean & Main, engrs. and architects, 1893-1907. With Emergency Fleet Corporation, January 1, 1918-October 1, 1920.
Now practicing as engineer and architect.
Member Board of Sewer and Water Commissioners, Lexington, Massachusetts, 7 years. Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (vice president 1895-1897).
Married Lydia Clarkson Hale Cushing, March 8, 1893 (died September 15, 1926). Children: Samuel Winthrop, Francis Hale.